Senior Restricted Funding Compliance Advisor at WaterAid

About the role:

• In this role, you will work closely with country and regional teams to develop a keen understanding of the compliance risk across two main WaterAid UK regions (Southern Africa & West) and focus on strengthening capacity and reducing compliance risk related to restricted funding management.
• You will also work closely with finance colleagues to help to embed cost recovery best practice.

Contract Management Compliance Technical Support

• Leading the risk assessment, review and direction for negotiation of complex funding agreements including multi-country and commercial contracts
• Work with finance colleagues to embed cost recovery policy and best practice across WaterAid UK through targeted and general capacity building and communications

Restricted Funding Risk Reduction

• Working closely with other teams (e.g. Finance, Legal, Internal Audit) to ensure WaterAid rules maximise compliance with standard terms and conditions in contracts
• Analysing any new donor compliance requirements among WaterAid's main donors to determine and flag wher donor requirements are stricter than WaterAid rules
• Developing training and tools for country/regional teams on specific donor compliance requirements
• Support International Programme Department Senior Management Team with the monitoring and management of high-risk contracts
• Working closely with colleagues in Bid Management and Country/Regional Teams, assess risk in new funding opportunities / contracts

Enabling Grant/Contract Management Devolution

• Ensure integration of grant/contract management processes, materials and training with Programme, Finance and Internal Audit and promote to colleagues managing restricted funding in country teams

About you:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent standard, or equivalent work experience
• Highly numerate, preferably with a financial background
• Experience of developing and delivering training to diverse audiences
• Experience of reviewing and advising on risk related to funding agreements, preferably (but not necessarily) in the field of international development
• Experience of working with commercial contracts and complex funding modalities such as payment by results
• Good working knowledge of FCDO, EU and USAID donor rules
• Experience of managing and maintaining grant / contract management processes
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, and ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience in supporting country teams in setting up processes in grant/contract management and resolving issues
• Methodical, thorough, and excellent organisational skills, with ability to work on own initiative to meet deadlines
• Working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation